Improved qtthiting-rramb



iinitrdtatw ALV E. ELLIsoF FRIEND'SVILLE, ILLINOIS;

Laim einem No. esendatea December 2s, 1869.

IMPRovED @Uranus-FRAME.

The Schedule' referred to in thse Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom t't`may concern:

, Be it known thatV I, ALVA E. ELLIS, of Friendsville, in the county ofWabash, and State of Illinois, have invented a new'and valuableIniprovement in Quilting-Stand, and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, ciear, and exact description ofthe construction andoperation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings,making a parto' this specification, .and to the letters and figures ofreterene /marked' thereon.

Figure 1, of .the drawings, is a top view of my invention.

Figure 2 is an end view of the same. Figure 3 is a sectionaiview ofthesame. My invention relates to quilt-frames; and lt consists mainly in anovel and effective arrangement of devices, intended for' use infholdingand movheads O, respectively.

E represents rollers-arranged in the respective ends of cross-heads C,and to which are attached cranks aA in the manner shown.

I arrange a lille of pins ou each of these rollers, in the manner shownat c, to aid in att-aching the quilt to said rollers.

G represents' segments ot' circles, respectively attached to thecross-'heads C, with apertures adapted to receive pins, for the purposeof adjusting the rollers in the desired position.

H represents a' rod, of the length of the inside of the'fi'ame, intendedto serve as a weight to hold the quilt down in the proper position.

To operate my device, I attach an end or side of the quilt to ltherespect-ive rollers, and pass the iniddieover the bars D. l then placethe upright bai-H upon the top ofthe quilt, and by means of the cranks,wind said quilt upon the rollers and unwind it at will.

The cross-heads being pivoted to the standards, al-

low either roller to be raised ondepressed, as the casel may require,and thereby enable the operator to bring the work up or down, as may bedesirable for use.

The quilting-frame, when the quilt is removed, may

be used as a clothes-horse, and thus need never stand idle.

The combined quilting-frame and clothes-horse, l

BBSSQS.

.ALVA E; ELLIS.` Witnesses:

CHARLES YI L'iLLIm, JOHN HAVIIIL.

iVliat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure

